The following events happened during 1951 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch – Leopold III (until 16 July), then Baudouin (from 17 July) Regent: Prince Baudouin, Duke of Brabant (until 16 July) Prime Minister – Joseph Pholien
Events
9 to 10 January – Eisenhower in Belgium. 31 January – Belgian contingent of the United Nations Command for the Korean War disembark at Busan.Albert Crahay, Les Belges en Coree, 1951–1955 (La Renaissance du livre, 1967), p. 8. 18 April – Treaty of Paris signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community with Belgium as a member.H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 655. 25 April – Pope Pius XII makes the Church of Our Lady of Tongre in Chièvres a minor basilica. 16 July – The Royal Question culminates with the formal abdication of King Leopold III. 17 July – Baudouin is sworn in as King of the Belgians. 14 October – Relics of Saint Albert of Leuven installed in Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels 5 December – Migration Conference in Brussels adopts the resolution establishing Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe.Julinda Beqiraj, "Strengthening the cooperation between IOM and the EU in the field of migration", in Migration in the Mediterranean: Mechanisms of International Cooperation, edited by Francesca Ippolito and Seline Trevisanut (Cambridge University Press, 2016), p. 117.
Art and architecture
Sculpture Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim (Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum) Alfred Courtens, Equestrian Statue of Albert I, Brussels
Publications Françoise Mallet-Joris, Le Rempart des Béguines
Births 5 April – Frank Moulaert, academic 10 June – Lucien De Brauwere, cyclist (died 2020) 30 October – Charles Delhez, priest-sociologist (died 2026)
Deaths 20 December – Valerius Coucke (born 1888), biblical scholar
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